This must be a popular design, I'm building the same one myself. There is an absolute wealth of information on here, as well as a bunch of folks that have made all the discoveries and mistakes already...and will be glad to share. One thing that would help both of us would be a suggestion on the gauge of metal to use for the Hofi hood. I see that fieryfurnace used 3/16ths for his. Could a lighter gauge be used without any heat distortion problems? Not to hijack the thread, just wondering if a person could save a few bucks on the metal.
Randy